Leda may refer to:

Mythology

Leda (mythology) In Greek mythology, Leda (; Ancient Greek: Λήδα ), also rendered Lede, was an Aetolian princess who became queen consort of Sparta through her marriage to King Tyndareus. Zeus fell in love with Leda, and to avoid his wife Hera's jealousy, ...

, queen of Sparta and mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology

Places

* Leda, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia * Leda makeshift settlement, Bangladesh, a refugee camp for Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar *

Leda, Burkina Faso Leda is a town in the Tenkodogo Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana ...

, a town * Leda, Adamawa State, Nigeria, a village - see

List of villages in Adamawa State This is a list of villages and settlements in Adamawa State, Nigeria organised by local government areas of Nigeria, local government area (LGA) and district/area (with postal codes in Nigeria, postal codes also given). By postal code By elect ...

Leda (river) Leda is a river in north-western Germany in the state of Lower Saxony. The Leda is a right tributary of the Ems and originates at the confluence of the Sagter Ems and the Dreyschloot (a branch of the Soeste) near Barßel. The Leda flows into th ...

, a tributary of the Ems in Germany *

Leda Ridge Leda Ridge () is a ridge running in a northeast–southwest direction lying on the west side of the Ganymede Heights, east of Jupiter Glacier, on the east side of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The ridge was photographed from the air by the Ronne An ...

, Antarctica

Astronomy

Leda (moon) Leda , also known as , is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles T. Kowal at the Mount Palomar Observatory on September 14, 1974, after three nights' worth of photographic plates had been taken (September 11 t ...

, a moon of Jupiter *

38 Leda 38 Leda is a large, dark main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer J. Chacornac on January 12, 1856, and named after Leda, the mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology. In the Tholen classification system, it is categori ...

, an asteroid * Leda, the original proposed name for exoplanet Thestias *

Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database The Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database (LEDA) was a database of galaxies, created in 1983 at the Lyon Observatory. Each galaxy had a number assigned to it, which is now known as its PGC number. The Principal Galaxies Catalogue (PGC), published ...

, an astronomical catalog of galaxies *

Large Aperture Experiment to Detect the Dark Ages The Large-Aperture Experiment to Detect the Dark Ages (LEDA) is designed to detect the spectrum of the 21 cm Hydrogen line from the Intergalactic Medium (IGM) at redshifts of 15–30, when the Universe was just ~1% of its present age. It is lo ...

, a radio interferometer

Entertainment

* '' Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko'', a 1985 Japanese OVA * ''

Web of Passion ''Web of Passion'' (also released as ''Leda'', original French title: ''À double tour'') is a 1959 French/Italian psychological thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol and based on the novel ''The Key to Nicholas Street'' by American writer St ...

'', a French film released in the US as ''Leda'' * Project Leda, a set of female clones in the TV series ''

Orphan Black ''Orphan Black'' is a Canadian science-fiction thriller television series created by screenwriter Graeme Manson and director John Fawcett and starring Tatiana Maslany. The series focuses on Sarah Manning, one of several genetically identica ...

Ships

* '' Leda-class frigate'', a type of frigate in the British Royal Navy * HMS ''Leda'', six ships of the British Royal Navy * TS ''Leda'', a North Sea ferry * ''Leda'' (1807 ship), an English merchant ship and West Indiaman

Persons

Leda Cosmides Leda Cosmides (born May 1957) is an American psychologist, who, together with anthropologist husband John Tooby, pioneered the field of evolutionary psychology. Biography Cosmides was born into a Greek family. Her parents, George Cosmides and N ...

(born 1957), American psychologist *

Leda Gloria Leda Gloria (30 August 1908 – 16 March 1997) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 66 films between 1929 and 1965. During the expansion of Italian cinema of the Fascist era of the 1930s and early 1940s she appeared in starring roles, l ...

(1912–1997), Italian film actress *

Leda Luss Luyken Leda Luss Luyken, née Valata, (born 1952 in Athens) is a Greek-American conceptual artist, who lives and works in Germany. Biography Leda Luss-Luyken was educated at the Ecole d'Humanité in Switzerland and studied arts and architecture in Zu ...

(born 1952), Greek/American conceptual artist, who lives and works in Germany *

Leda Mileva Leda Mileva ( Bulgarian: Леда Милева) (5 February 1920 – 5 February 2013) was a Bulgarian writer, translator and diplomat. She was the daughter of Bulgarian poet Geo Milev Geo Milev (born Georgi Milev Kasabov; – 15 May 1925) was ...

(1920–2013), Bulgarian writer, translator and diplomat *

Leda Nagle Leda Maria Linhares Nagle (born 5 January 1951) is a Brazilian journalist, writer, actress and television presenter. She hosted the program ''Sem Censura'' at TV Brasil for over 20 years. Life and career Nagle was born in Juiz de Fora. She mov ...

(born 1951), Brazilian journalist and TV presenter *

Leda Sanford Leda Sanford, (born October 11, 1933 in Lucca, Italy), is an author, speaker, former publisher, and advertising director. She was the first female publisher of a major national magazine. She became president, publisher and editor-in-chief of the ...

(born 1933), author, speaker, former publisher and former advertising director *

Ferdinando Leda Ferdinando Pereira Leda (born 22 April 1980) is a Brazilian footballer. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a left back. Career Until 2005 Ferdinando played for Centro de Futebol Zico Sociedade Esportiva. Then he was transferre ...

(born 1980), Brazilian football player

Other uses

Leda clay Quick clay, also known as Leda clay and Champlain Sea clay in Canada, is any of several distinctively sensitive glaciomarine clays found in Canada, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Finland, the United States, and other locations around the world. The cla ...

, also called quick clay, a unique form of marine clay * LEDA, ICAO code for

Lleida–Alguaire Airport Lleida–Alguaire Airport (Catalan: ''Aeroport de Lleida-Alguaire'', Spanish: ''Aeropuerto de Lérida-Alguaire'') is an airport located in Alguaire, Catalonia, Spain; about from the centre of Lleida and about from the centre of Barcelona. Hi ...

Library of Efficient Data types and Algorithms The Library of Efficient Data types and Algorithms (LEDA) is a proprietarily-licensed software library providing C++ implementations of a broad variety of algorithms for graph theory and computational geometry.. It was originally developed by t ...

(LEDA) * Leda, genus of

Algae Algae ( , ; : alga ) is an informal term for any organisms of a large and diverse group of photosynthesis, photosynthetic organisms that are not plants, and includes species from multiple distinct clades. Such organisms range from unicellular ...